NBA, Yao Ming is back!

After several rounds of alternating offense and defense, the scoreboard on the field was refreshed again.

Liu Yudong was on fire, sinking another of his signature mid-range jump shots.

The score remained 15-25, with the Bayi team still firmly in control of the game.

The atmosphere on the field was visibly tense.

The entire Shanghai Sharks team was relentlessly suppressed by the Bayi team's high-intensity offense and defense, with everyone on edge and their movements stiff.

Many shots that should have gone in missed.

This is actually the difference between ordinary players and star players.

This is also the difference between ordinary role players and star role players. Yes, there is a difference between star and ordinary role players. In the NBA, for example, Fisher. When you talk about Fisher, there are all sorts of memes and jokes, but in the NBA, he never hesitates when it matters.

A star role player is one who can continue to perform at crucial moments.

For example, Horry and others.

They are all the best of the best.

But these athletes are not easy to meet normally, and none of them are useful on the Big Sharks team.

Saulius is actually a star athlete, but unfortunately he only excels when he's winning.

When things are going well, you can hand it over to him; he'll lead the counter-attack without any problem. When things are going poorly, or in crucial cross-game situations, he'll be the one to handle it.

Don't count on him.

Otherwise, he will arrange everything for you in detail.

Let's fight here.

At least those in the industry can understand it.

The current situation has become a one-man show for Yao Ming...

He faced the entire peak Bayi team alone.

Yao Ming himself is perfectly clear about this.

In such a high-pressure, unfavorable situation, it's impossible to hand over offensive turns to ordinary teammates.

Handing it over will only result in a hasty decision and a series of missed shots.

The overall hit rate was dragged down drastically.

Even chance balls and open balls.

Neither of them is easy to grasp.

That's why, many times, even when teammates are open, coaches still require star players to handle the ball themselves.

It's because many things can't be solved simply by being reasonable.

Otherwise, college basketball would be the most reasonable place.

However, they were unable to sweep their opponents aside.

Even the San Antonio Spurs, one of the most well-rounded teams in the NBA, need to be built on a foundation of star players, right?

Moreover, their Achilles' heel is precisely that of the most unreasonable superstars.

this problem……

Having played basketball for so many years, Yao Ming knows this better than anyone else.

Any ordinary player in this situation, being dominated throughout the game, would instinctively back down.

He was never the team's number one core player, nor was he a star player who attracted a lot of attention.

Nobody wants to take the blame for a collapse caused by unfavorable circumstances.

Once a series of missed shots widen the gap, post-game criticism and fan backlash are inevitable.

As such, no one on the team is willing to take the initiative to receive the ball or shoot; everyone is deliberately avoiding offensive responsibility.

Moreover, the players on the Big Sharks don't have a consistent ability to score on drives.

There are no top-class catch-and-shoot shooters, and no second scoring option capable of creating their own offense.

When things are going well, everyone is willing to fight and take risks; but once they fall into a quagmire of setbacks, everyone immediately starts to criticize them.

So from the middle of the first quarter onwards, he completely took over all the offensive responsibilities for the team.

In a losing situation, you can only rely on yourself to hold on.

Moreover, as someone who has played ball for so many years...

He knew perfectly well that even the strongest team couldn't maintain peak performance for the entire game.

Even the Bayi team, whose average field goal percentage in this season's playoffs is close to 60%, cannot escape the pattern of fluctuating shooting touch.

Under intense hand-to-hand combat and prolonged high-pressure tension, an attack will inevitably falter sooner or later.

The feel of the ball will naturally drop back by then.

So, what he needs to do is very simple.

For now, we need to stabilize the pace and withstand the pressure.

We should patiently wait for the Bayi team's shooting percentage to decline.

As long as we can weather this peak period of the opponent's most intense firepower, the situation will naturally take a turn for the better.

The two sides then engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand combat.

They went back and forth, neither giving an inch.

Every point was fought with extraordinary difficulty.

The Bayi team relied on the tacit cooperation of all national team players and their diverse mid-to-long-range shooting to consistently score points.

The Shanghai Sharks relied entirely on Yao Ming's strong inside attacks, drawing fouls, and grabbing second-chance rebounds to keep the team afloat.

After the first quarter was completed, the final score was set.

Bayi Men's Basketball Team scored a whopping 38 points in a single quarter, showcasing the terrifying firepower of a Finals-level champion.

On the other hand, the Shanghai Sharks, despite their best efforts, only managed to score 30 points.

An eight-point deficit may not seem like a huge deal, but anyone with a discerning eye can see the difference.

Of the 30 points scored by the Big Diesel, a full 20 came from Yao Ming alone.

This means that his four teammates on the court combined for only 10 points in the entire quarter.

It's not surprising that a single player struggling against a dynasty team would be at a disadvantage.

The second quarter began, and the Bayi team's offensive rhythm remained incredibly smooth.

The connection between the inside and outside lines was smooth, and the passing and cutting were seamless.

The score is still steadily rising.

And the moment the Bayi team's total score broke through 50 points.

The turning point that Yao Ming has been waiting for.

finally come.

The Bayi players, who have consistently maintained a high shooting percentage and a high frequency of shots, have finally emerged...

A brief period of disconnect.

The tension began to ease, mistakes occurred in rotation and positioning, and passing sequences started to falter.

This was a brief pause in the attack.

This is the breakthrough opportunity that Yao Ming has been waiting for.

Seizing the fleeting opening, Yao Ming immediately took the initiative to claim position.

He turned his back to block the defender, lowered his waist to push the defender away, and then turned and strode into the depths of the penalty area.

With a gentle lift of the hand, a perfectly precise turning hook shot is executed.

Wang Zhizhi, who had rushed to the basket to help defend, jumped with all his might, stretching his long arms to their limit.

But he was horrified to discover that Yao Ming's release point for this shot was extremely high.

The hat point was completely outside its coverage area.

His fingers couldn't even touch the edge of the basketball.

They could only watch helplessly as the basketball traced a soft arc.

brush--

The net fell through the hollow hole.

The score was quickly narrowed to 50-42, and the gap was gradually eroded.

In the next round, the Bayi team launched an attack.

Adijiang controlled the ball, organized the rhythm, observed the players' positions on the court, and seized the opportunity to make a sudden pass and transfer the ball.

Li Lan received the ball on the outside and adjusted her rhythm.

He decisively took a long-range shot.

The once rock-solid shooter.

This shot finally...

It missed.

"Clang!"

With a clang, the basketball bounced off the front edge of the rim.

Yao Ming firmly positioned himself, ignoring the pulling and tugging from the two players behind him, and used his long arms to reach out and secure the rebound.

The discipline of the Bayi team is beyond question.

The moment they lost possession, the entire team quickly retreated to their defensive positions, their speed astonishing, giving the Sharks absolutely no chance to launch a fast counter-attack.

This tactical discipline.

They are the only ones in the entire CBA.

However, Yao Ming knew what was going on.

Before the momentum of the game is completely reversed, rushing to speed up the pace and launch a fast break will only lead to trouble.

It is also easy for the opponent to target and steal the ball, and then counterattack and kill it.

The safest approach right now is to proceed steadily and surely.

Slowly wear down the enemy's position and gradually close the gap.

He raised his hand to make a tactical gesture, and Zhang Yong on the outside immediately understood and stepped forward to provide support.

Yao Ming gave him a look, signaling him to lob the ball inside and get it to him first.

Zhang Yong's passing skills are not top-notch; his vision is average, and his technique is ordinary.

However, Yao Ming had already taken these shortcomings into account.

As long as the ball can be successfully sent into the penalty area.

The rest involves receiving the ball, battling, and finishing...

You can handle everything yourself.

Zhang Jingsong and Wang Zhizhi immediately surrounded and rushed forward!

They didn't give Yao Ming any space to comfortably receive the ball.

Zhang Jinsong's defensive moves were extremely aggressive, with his entire body pressed close to the opponent's defense.

The elbow even struck Yao Ming directly in the lower abdomen.

They kept making small moves, pushing the level of confrontation to the limit.

In a regular season game, such a clearly aggressive and malicious headbutt would definitely be called a defensive foul by the referee.

But this is the CBA Finals, where the standards for physical contact are greatly relaxed, and the officiating standards are clearly biased towards physical combat.

This level of physical contact was entirely within the referee's tacit approval range.

If it were any other big man in the league, or a typical Asian center...

Encountering such close harassment and malicious back thrusts, one's movements would be distorted and one's mentality would be shattered.

It's impossible to receive the ball and generate power normally.

But Yao Ming knew.

As long as the referee applies the same standards to both sides.

That is fairness.

The scale of this match was very large.

Then you have to adapt to this large scale.

As a star player, being double-teamed is a common occurrence.

But this is the CBA, not the NBA.

If I could overcome any difficulty in my past life, how much more so now?

Let's firmly establish ourselves on our feet.

His calves looked like those of an ancient tree spirit.

He stomped hard on the ground.

No matter how fierce Zhang Jingsong was, he couldn't budge him an inch.

Ultimately.

The problem is a lack of core strength.

Their physical condition couldn't keep up with the high-intensity competition of the finals.

Regarding our interior players, when Klay Thompson came over, he, an outside player, was able to hold off our so-called domestic LeBron James, forcing him to retreat frequently and gain no advantage whatsoever.

That's what antagonism is.

Therefore, Yao Ming was completely unaffected.

Having spent years competing in top-level NBA matches, I was already used to this kind of high-intensity, large-scale physical defense.

No matter how closely Zhang Jingsong bumped into him or pushed him, he was still able to get away.

Yao Ming's feet remained firmly planted, his position as stable as a mountain.

The center of gravity will not be shaken in the slightest.

How come this kid is so steady?

This can't even lift a fraction of a muscle?

Even Zhang Jingsong himself found it hard to believe.

However, Bayi is still Bayi. The moment the ball was delivered high into the air to the inside, Wang Zhizhi quickly moved to the side to double-team.

Together with Zhang Jingsong, they formed a pincer movement from both the front and rear.

However, just as the two formed a pincer attack!

Yao Ming suddenly exerted force with his back, forcefully turning his back to the wall and pushing against it.

He directly forced Zhang Jingsong, who was closely entangled with him, to retreat repeatedly.

Then, he turned to the side, his shoulder precisely meeting Wang Zhizhi's lunge.

It's a direct confrontation.

Bang.

After a simple and brutal physical confrontation, Yao Ming seemed unaffected, suddenly jumped up, grabbed the basketball with one hand, and took off.

Wang Zhizhi didn't expect that after a confrontation, Yao Ming could jump up and dunk so quickly.

At this moment, Wang Zhizhi was still stuck in the conventional defensive logic of domestic centers.

They emphasize footwork, jumping ability, and timing of blocks, but they have never had any experience in dealing with this kind of hardcore American back-to-the-basket style of strong, powerful dunks.

His ability to block David Robinson at the Olympics was actually due to Robinson underestimating him.

She had no intention of physically abusing him.

When you block someone's shot and they start to take it seriously and use their body to fight, you can't handle it.

Use your body to drive technology.

Without a physical foundation, no technique can be used.

This is the biggest difference Yao Ming learned in the NBA.

Yao Ming's aggressive and ruthless style of play in the paint is so powerful that, not only in China, but also in the entire Asian and even European basketball scene, there are very few players who can use it skillfully.

Even now, Wang Zhizhi is a young player who made a name for himself at the Atlanta Olympics and attracted the attention of NBA scouts.

Faced with this unreasonable and forceful attack, they still had no preparation whatsoever.

He hastily raised his hand to stop him, but his movement was a beat too slow.

The basketball, carrying tremendous force, slammed into the basket.

The referee blew his whistle immediately afterward, it was a foul to touch the hand, and the goal stood.

Wang Zhizhi, who was defending with all his might, was fouled again.

In total, he had already accumulated three fouls not long after the start of the second quarter.

This result brought Wang Zhizhi to the brink of mental collapse.

He devoted himself entirely to defense, sacrificing much of his offensive energy to the encirclement and suppression.

Having compromised in this way, what I gained was not restrictions and blockades, but rather repeated whistles and being passively attacked.

Anyone would find this unacceptable, let alone Wang Zhizhi, who is only eighteen or nineteen years old.

On the sidelines, Bayi's head coach Wang Fei looked ashen-faced, his anger blazing.

In the NBA, players are allowed to foul out with six fouls, but in the current CBA league, the rules are—

Each player has only five fouls allowed.

As the team's core center and defensive anchor, Wang Zhizhi's three fouls have amplified his potential weaknesses.

However, if they are substituted off the court for protection, the quality of Bayi's interior defense will drop drastically.

However, if they continue to stay on the field, they may commit another foul and be forced to leave the game early.

Just as Wang Fei was hesitating and caught in a dilemma, the Bayi team made a fatal lapse in concentration.

In long-term, high-intensity, and intense combat, no one can maintain 100% focus forever.

High concentration inevitably leads to rapid fatigue, and relaxation and mistakes will come sooner or later.

The Bayi team made careless mistakes in their outside passing, and their passing routes were too haphazard.

With his exceptionally long wingspan and keen ball sense, Yao Ming turned sideways, reached out, and precisely scooped up the basketball, gently flicking it with his middle finger.

It directly changes the trajectory of the basketball.

"Protect the ball quickly!"

Upon seeing this, Faye Wong immediately shouted from the sidelines.

But it was too late.

In the instant he intercepted the ball, Yao Ming steadily dribbled the ball to maintain his rhythm and quickly turned to advance.

At this point, most of the Bayi team players had already moved forward and positioned themselves in the frontcourt.

The backcourt was left with only Adijiang, who had just finished serving, and Wang Zhizhi, who didn't have time to quickly retreat.

Yao Ming locked his gaze on Wang Zhizhi in front of him, suddenly accelerated, and charged straight into the penalty area with the ball.

As for Adijiang, who tried to step forward to help defend, the difference in height and weight was too great, and he was not even within Yao Ming's considerations, posing no threat whatsoever.

Choose to ignore it directly.

Wang Fei, who was on the sidelines, immediately sensed the danger, her expression changed drastically, and she frantically shouted a warning from the sidelines.

But it was too late; there was no way to remedy the situation.

Yao Ming took to the air.

Wang Zhizhi instinctively raised his hand to block, trying his best to stop him.

But now, whether it's static wingspan, dynamic spring speed, or physical strength, he is completely outmatched by Yao Ming.

Seeing that there was no hope of stopping him, Wang Zhizhi made a decision instantly.

Since we can't stop the goal, we absolutely cannot allow the opponent to score a penalty.

We cannot offer 2+1.

They might as well just take drastic measures to stop people!

They used a hard foul to forcefully stop Yao Ming and extinguish his offensive momentum.

But the moment he wrapped his arms tightly around it, he realized... what despair truly meant.

Yao Ming's core strength is as solid as steel.

He withstood his lock and resistance, forcefully took to the air to gather strength, and his body did not fall or lose balance at all.

Under Wang Zhizhi's incredulous gaze, Yao Ming relied on his terrifying core fighting ability...

They forcibly and violently forced themselves to a standstill.

Go in!!!

"Bang!!"

A deafening bang shook the arena as a powerful one-handed dunk slammed into the basket for a score.

The referee blew the whistle again. The defensive foul was correct, the goal stands, and an additional penalty kick is awarded.

Standard tough 2+1!

In just a few dozen seconds.

Wang Zhizhi committed two more fouls in a row.

The number of personal fouls jumped to four.

Four fouls.

In the CBA league, where there are only five fouls allowed, it's equivalent to having one foot off the court.

Bayi team requests a timeout!

Wang Zhizhi was stunned and stood there for a moment, his face full of dejection and frustration.

He finally realized what was happening.

From the opponent's deliberate enticement and close-quarters forceful assault to the exploitation of the rules to draw fouls.

From beginning to end, it was all a carefully planned trap by Number Fifteen.

And he himself did not miss a single step.

They all crawled inside.

Completely trapped.

Faye Wong roared furiously from the sidelines, her face extremely gloomy, yet utterly helpless.

All he could do was wave, and he was forced to substitute Wang Zhizhi, who had four fouls, for a rest.

Wang Zhizhi lowered his head, draped a towel heavily over his head to hide his expression, and walked dejectedly back to the bench.

Sitting in the shadows, he looked up at the large boy on the field.

A tremendous wave of emotion surged within me.

He had to admit it.

Yao Ming is currently displaying physical talent, fighting ability, core strength, and even... game strategy.

Not to mention the domestic league, even looking at the entire European basketball scene, you can't find many interior players of the same level.

A person like him shouldn't be on the CBA court.

Is it possible for one person to defeat their opponent?

Wang Zhizhi used to think this was impossible.

Anyway, he had never seen it with his own eyes.

But now.

He saw it.

Even when facing them, they have already chosen to defend themselves with all their might.

Facing the league's top-tier Bayi team.

There is still one person.

He can single-handedly take on the entire team.

This kind of people.

Maybe he's the one who should be in the NBA.

Of course he didn't know, let alone that Yao Ming had gone to the NBA.

He's not your average NBA player.

This is him now.

But he came back with All-Star level experience.

He, who used to only score 13 points as a rookie in the NBA, was able to put up Chamberlain-level numbers in the Finals.

It can even hit the target every time.

What about that All-Star caliber version of yourself?

It's impossible for one person to completely dominate an entire team at the same level.

But if...

I'm not on the same level as you guys.

"The Bayi team..."

"This is going to be troublesome."

Hu Weidong watched from the front row of the audience.

Gong Xiaobin, who was standing next to him, was even more blunt:

"What's the trouble? Old Liu and his team are going to lose."

P.S.: This is the third update today, the first one yet!